The Health Resources and Services Administration's Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign recently recognized more than 1,200 hospitals and transplant centers nationwide, including 314 small and rural hospitals, for outstanding efforts to promote organ donation awareness and registration.

The 17 Kentucky hospitals below reached platinum, gold, silver and bronze recognition levels
for their organ, eye, and tissue donation and registration efforts between October 1, 2017, and April 30, 2018.

Improving organ and tissue donation has been a point of focus for many health care organizations over the last several years. The Joint Commission, Department of Health and Human Services, organ procurement organizations such as the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA), along with hospitals have taken steps to implement effective donation policies and practices. A number of facilities were recognized by KODA at its annual awards dinner on September 15 in Louisville for achieving remarkable results in organ and tissue donation.

careLearning is now offering an educational online training course on organ donation: Saving and Healing Lives Through Organ and Tissue Donation – Continuing our Health Care Mission. Organizations and health care professionals that are working to improve the donor management and family care process across their donation service areas are encouraged to take the opportunity to view, learn from and share this educational training course.

CME and CEPTC credit is available. The cost is $7 per person.

For more information on this course, view the infosheet. If you need additional information about using careLearning in your facility, contact Pam Kirchem at KHA (502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 or via email at pkirchem@kyha.com).

Thirty-three Kentucky hospitals were recently recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for their outstanding voluntary efforts to promote organ donation in the third year of the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. Hospitals were awarded gold, silver or bronze recognition based on the number of promotion activities implemented. The campaign also recognized the Kentucky Hospital Association and Donate Life Kentucky for partnering with hospitals and transplant centers in the national campaign.